
Ecology 5th Edition by Manuel Molles
Edition 5ISBN: 978-0070171688
Ecology 5th Edition by Manuel Molles
Edition 5ISBN: 978-0070171688 Exercise 19
Pollution of streams generally reduces the diversity of Trichoptera (see fig. 16.7), and several other groups of stream insects, by reducing both species richness and species evenness. Why?
Figure 16.7 Rank-abundance curves for caddisflies, order Trichoptera, of two aquatic habitats in northern Portugal (data courtesy of L. S. W. Terra).

Figure 16.7 Rank-abundance curves for caddisflies, order Trichoptera, of two aquatic habitats in northern Portugal (data courtesy of L. S. W. Terra).
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